"Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibility"

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Source : Naomi Novik (2006). “His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire”, p.299, Del Rey

Naomi Novik

#Giving Up Quotes #Heart Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“They talk about who won and who lost. Human reason won. Mankind won.”
“Our leaders are acting like lemmings.”
“A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.”
“I'm just enjoying life more and thinking about the future.”
“Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We're not so free that we don't have to listen to rules, and laws, and regulations. Those are important. But the spirit, the freedom of the spirit, that's what I think of American Dream, that we are free here to do what we want to do, what we set out to do.”
“On the whole, the modern palette is the same as the one used by the artists of Pompeii... I mean it has not been enriched. The ancients used earths, ochres, and ivory-black - you can do anything with that palette.”
“Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people - sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding, because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rudolfo Anaya from Sep 11, 2015

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